The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1887-01-27

after Its announcement by the Corps President,
what course should be pursued?
Answer. III one or more members shall have left
the meeting, it must be assumed that they are
satisfied with the result as announced and no new
ballot should be had for that office at that meeting
The meeting should be adjourned after transact
ing all other business to the next regular meeting
time, or to special time. and due notice should be
given 10 every member that such election Is to take
place.
Query. What business can be transacted at spe-
cial meeting Of Corps?
Answer. II depends very much upon the BYLAWS
Of the Corps. Our Rules and Regulations simply
provide that special meetings may be convened
by order of the Corps President or senior officer
in command" Notices properly sent TO every
member OF a Corps of a special meeting without
specifying any particular matter to be attended to
would, in the absence of any Corps By Laws to the
contrary, enable the meeting to transact any busi-
ness that properly came before it, with the exception
Of receiving applications for membership, which
our Regulations explicitly provide "shall be pre-
sented at stated meeting" Corps that have not
such wise provisions regarding the limitation of
business to be transacted at a special meeting as
may be annoueed in the notice, should take inn
mediate steps to supply the deficiency. Depart
ment Presidents will understand that they are not
authorized to grant any dispensation which will
render Ineffective such legal b. Laws of any Corps
Query. At an election of officers, after the Pres-
dent has declared nominations for any particular
nominations be made?
Answer. They most certainly can: This. Of
course, will be understood that nominations can be
made at the proper time and in the proper manner;
not while the particular ballot is being conducted
nor until the tellers have announced the result of
that ballot. II then will require q motion prop
erly made and seconded to reopen under the head
Of nominations. Such motion Is not out of order,
but must be put the same as any other notion dis
cusssd, and if the majority Of the members of a
Corps or Department Convention deem 1t best to
make additional nominations, they will vote,
and the nominations can be then made. Should
the motion be lost, 1t cannot be again made till
business has interviewed. which might be another
ballot for the same office The intention OF all Reg
uaions OF all organized bodies Is that the majority
shall rule, and the purpose Of the wise provision in
our Rules by which candidate Is dropped after the
second ballot is to simply prevent n contumaceous
minority from retardng the proper dispatch of bus
ness, and not to be the of sometimes foisting
person into Office when the majority would prefer
some one else. Further, 1t will be seen that our
Rules and Regulations do not even provide for
nominations at all, and hold that at any time dur
ing the balloting. il 1t shall be found any member
in good standing has received the majority Of the
legal votes cast she should be declared elected to
the Office named, though she may not have been
placed In nomination. This has been often done
for the purpose of making the very best selection,
and a member thus chosen would of times not de-
cline the profered honor, when they possibly might
a simple nomination. Corps elections having al
ready been held, this decision may only be of use
In the coming Department Conventions.
Query. Upon what basis and what is the number
of representatives to which Corps are entitled in
Department Conventions?
Answer. While this question Is plainly answered
by Art. H. Chap. 8. the difference In membership
between the Department and National Conventions
seems to have confused some Corps and Depart
ment officers. Representatives to Department
Conventions are elected in December, based on the
returns of the number in good standing in each
Corps on Sept. 80 in such ratio as was decided at
the previous Department Convention There Is no
Delegate-at-Large from each Corps to the Depart
ment Convention, as Is provided for Departments
in selecting representatives to the National Con-
vention. ELIZABETH DARCY KISNE,
National President, W.R,C.
ALL ALONG THE LINE.
Mrs Clara ID. Claypool Past Senior Vice -Pres-
dent Forsyth Corps, Toledo, had been saving up
money to buy Christmas present to present For
syth Post upon taking possession of their hall
the hands of Mrs. Foster, Corps President who ex-
pended IL in the purchase of a beautiful silk flag
draped with gilt fringe, which now drapes the
altar.
Knte Field delivered her lecture on Mormon
ism," under the suspcies of Forsyth Post and
Corps, at Memorial Hall, Toledo. the evening Of
Jan. is. ltwas thrilling expose of disoyalty and
the degradation of women. Among those present
were Past Commander-in-C Chief John 9. Kountz,
Past Senior Vice Commander G. l.. Young. MaJ.-
Gen. John w. Fuller, Gen. George Wells and the
leading clergy OF the city. DR.. Bacon. Post Com
mander, presided, Gen. j. q. Lee introduced the
speaker, and Mrs. Kate B. Sherwood and Mrs.
Emma Sibley Pease occupied seats on the platform.
Mrs. q III. Il. Battels, Department President Of
Ohio. has prepared a blank for Corps Treasurers,
for the sake of uniformity and convenience Of the
Corps.
Mrs Louise H. Brouse National Inspector has
complimentsd Mrs II. NJ. L. Battels, Department
President OF Ohio upon the excellence Of the report
of the Department Inspector, Mrs. Thurstin, the
largest and most complete received.
Officers Of w. II. Lytle Corps, No. IL, Department
Of kansas, were installed jointly with the Post,
Mrs G. H. Haynes installing for the Corps. as fol-
lows: President, Mrs. George Meyers; S.V.-P, Mrs.
Ii. +. Herrick; J. V.-P., Mrs. Bryant; Sec, Mrs.
J. Germany; Asst Cond'r, J. NJ. Jimbocker; c.,
Mrs McCombs; A. G., Mrs. j. IL. Barker; Chap,
Mrs. Smith.
Crocker Post and Corps, Des Moines. Iowa, held
joint installation. Croeker Post is the largest in
the State and has an energetic Corps.
Iowa reports Relief Corps No. 81, auxiliary to
Taylor Post, Columbia.
Another beautiful Sundayschool song written
by Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer, has been set to music
Rev. John B. Sumner. beginning:
"The burdens of life may be many,
The frowns of the world may be cold;
To me 10 will matter but little,
When stand on the streets of gold"
Tod Post, Youngstown. o., which has an eff
cient Relief Corps, has been greatly disturbed by
an organization claiming to be auxiliary. known
as Ladies of the GAR, and Commander Il. D.
Eddy has appeared in n communication explaining
to the public that the GAR recognizes no such
body in that place. Commander Eddy concludes
as follows: In conclusion, would say this won
derfu organization is not recognized by the G. A r.,
has no connection with il in any shape whatever,
is not in working accord with it, and far this
city is concerned, is antagonstic to it. The only
organizations closely and intimately connected
with the GAR, and whose aims. purposes and
sympathies are in common with the GAR, are
the Sons of Veterans and the Woman's Relief
Corps. that noble band of patriotic women whose
organization Is coextensive with the AR, and
whose good work in "a substantial manner has allie
waited the sufferings Of thousands of the survivors
of the late war and their dependent families. I"
The beauty of the W.R.C Is that no Corps can
organize without the consent of the Post to which
| ii is auxiliary.